Monica Levinsky says it took 20 years to overcome the “public humiliation”
Monica Levinsky reflected on her long way of healing from the “public humiliation” she survived during Bill Clinton A sexy scandal.
“There is an interesting thing both in the experience of public humiliation and about healing from it – that it does not happen alone,” – said the 51st Levinsky on Tuesday, March 25, about her episode “Return with Monica Levinsky” podcast.
Levinsky became a figure of international control and often, with a public ridicule in 1998, against the backdrop of the discoveries that had a connection with the then President Clinton from 1995 to 1997, working as a White House trainee. In exchange for immunity from persecution, a graduate of the Lewis and Clark college was even forced to testify before the great jury about the intimate details of her sex life.
In the last edition of Levinsky’s Podcaste, she talked Blast director Working men men About how her experience is related to the hit -muzik.
“You can’t actually be publicly humiliated in the vacuum. Someone needs to do something or something should happen or you when you are.
Levinsky continued: “This is a social dynamics that really interesting. You know, my experience, the elfaba returned it in the same song (in Blast) And I took 20 years, but I think I just saw how it was, indeed, the social and collective process for me to be able to heal and return it. “
She equated the scandal with one of the BlastThe most sharp scenes where the elfaba (Synth Eriva) Not amenable to snipering and a rigid opinion in the Ozdust ballroom to fulfill the dance routine.
Monica Levinsky, 1999.
Tom Wargacki/Wireimage“For me, what was so powerful was a ballroom scene of Ozdust,” she said the 45th Chu. Ariana (GrandWho plays Glinda) but I think the magic between you and Synthia in this stage, you have captured the public humiliation in a way that I think it’s hard to do. “
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Levinsky added: “From this movie there were times when people say,” What was in 1998? “It was a lot of f – humiliation but mostly I can point to (Blast“S Ozdust Ballroom Scene) And say,” It was again and again. “But (the scene) captured (Levinsky’s experience).”
“I think so many of us feel public humiliation that (no need) be on the main page New York Timesshe said. – It can be in great and small ways in our community. I think it feels like that, if so much shame is that it is publicly humiliated, it is simple, for me, one of the many gifts that this movie (evil) has given us. “
Levinsky spoke in depth About the injury of Clinton scandal during February’s speech at the “Call Dad”. At one particularly sharp moment, she claimed that key lessons from her public ridicule did not know for more than 20 years.
“What I survived, and now, why I care about against young people because I understand that it is on the Internet and with social media, there is no limit,” she said. “It literally feels that the whole world laughs at you. And it’s devastating.”
In February, Levinski launched a “rule” and still covered the discussion Molly ringwald. Olivia Moon. Swisher’s bark and the founder #meToo Ram bercAmong others. New episodes are available on Tuesdays via Wondery.
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